These cake pops are a lot of fun for the whole family to make.  Use your imagination to decorate them however you like.

Cake pops would be a lot of fun for a children's birthday party but you could also decorate them for a special holiday treat at Christmas.

Ingredients:

• Chocolate cake recipe or store bought boxed cake.
• 40-60 wooden sticks
• melting chocolate wafers
   
     for the cream cheese icing...
• 4oz. cream cheese
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
   
     and to help prepare and decorate...
• Styrofoam block
• Sprinkles or something to decorate with

Instructions:

• Make a chocolate cake recipe or any cake mix that fits a 9x13 pan.
• After it has cooled cut the cake and put in a bowl.  Then crumble it up more with your hands.
• Make the cream cheese icing (or you can buy frosting) and pour over the cake and mix well.
• Form balls and place the wooden sticks in the end.  Place on a cookie sheet and freeze for at least 2-3 hours. (It will be easier to ice them if they're frozen).
• Melt chocolate or make icing and dip the cake pops to cover.
• Allow the cake pops to "dry" standing up if possible.  I realized just as I was melting the chocolate that I didn't have any styrofoam to place them in so I used a egg carton which worked pretty well.  By the time it was full of cake pops they were dry and I could replace them with new ones.
• Sprinkle or ice as you please.

Templates:

•  Refrigerate or freeze until you're ready to serve.

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